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Aspen Achievement Academy (AAA) was founded in 1988 by Doug Nelson, Dr. Keith Hooker, Doug Cloward, and Madolyn Liebing, Ph.D. It was originally named Wilderness Academy. AAA is known for being the first wilderness therapy programs to have a clinician (Liebing) who provided individual therapy. AAA was also the first Utah State licensed ...
Aspen Achievement Academy merged into Outback Therapeutic Expeditions March 2011. Announced closure by letter on May 1, 2023, will close on June 15, 2023. Passages to Recovery Southern Utah A 35- to 50-day intensive outdoor drug and alcohol treatment program for young adults ages 18 and over.
Aspen did not accurately portray itself. My parents were shocked when I came home and they saw the evidence in my backpack, and heard my stories. They had no idea what they had really signed me up for. According to advertisements for the Aspen Achievement Academy, the program resembled a rugged, yet therapeutic summer camp experience.
Many programs in the western United States started operating in the 1970s. Some were started by former students of Brigham Young University such program as the Aspen Achievement Academy [8] and the School for Urban and Wilderness Survival which is located in the state of Idaho. [9]
The National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP) is a United States trade organization of therapeutic schools, residential treatment programs, wilderness programs, outdoor therapeutic programs, young adult programs, and home-based residential programs for adolescents and young adults with emotional and behavioral difficulties.
Bromley Brook School. Coordinates: 43.180951°N 73.011349°W. Bromley Brook School was a therapeutic boarding school in Manchester Center, Vermont, for teenage girls who were not functioning at traditional schools. The school was owned and operated by the Aspen Education Group. Bromley Brook was mentioned in The New York Times.
New Leaf Academy of Oregon was founded in 1997 by Craig and Christy Christiansen. [ 3 ] [ 6 ] In 2004, it was acquired by Aspen Education Group , which operated the school until 2011. [ 6 ] In March 2011, Aspen announced that it was restructuring and would close New Leaf Academy of Oregon as well as other schools and programs. [ 7 ]
Wellspring Academies. Coordinates: 36°34′10″N 119°28′35″W. Wellspring Academies (formerly Academy of the Sierras) was a pair of therapeutic boarding schools for overweight and obese children, teens, and young adults, both operated by Wellspring, a division of Aspen Education Group. It is said to be the first weight loss boarding ...